Usefulness of 99mtc ethyl cysteinate dimer brain spect to detect abnormal regional cerebral blood flow in patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1185-1188

  WU, C I ^a   Changlai, S P ^a   Huang, W S ^a   Tsai, C H ^a   Lee, C C ^a   Kao, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

99mTc ethyl cysteinate dimer; Carbon monoxide poisoning; Regional cerebral blood flow; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M BICISATE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1542322858     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200311000-00009     Document Type: Article

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